karstums

Latvian

Etymology

From karsts (“hot”) +‎ -ums.

Noun

karstums m, 1st declension

1. (usually singular) heat (high temperature; the feeling that it generates)

   sajust ugunskura karstumu — to feel the heat of the fire

   tropiskais karstums — tropical heat

   karstums pieņemas, mazinās — the heat is increasing, decreasing

   pirtī liels karstums — it is very hot (lit. there is big heat) in the sauna

   spējš karstums izskrēja caur dzīslām — strong heat ran through (his) veins

2. (usually singular) heat, hot (a place where there is heat)

   sēdēt karstumā pie krāsns — to sit in the heat by the oven

3. (usually singular) heat, strong feelings, temper, passion

   jaunības karstums — the heat, passion of youth

   mīlas karstumā — in the heat of love

   diskusiju karstumā — in the heat of the discussion

4. (usually singular) intensity of action

   pašā darba karstumā mašīnai atgadās ķibele — in the heat of work (i.e., during intense work) the machine had a problem

5. (usually plural) high body temperature, fever

   zēnam bija karstumi — the boy had the heats (= fever)

   gulēt karstumos — to sleep in the heats (= with a fever)

Declension

declension of karstums

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	karstums	karstumi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	karstumu	karstumus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	karstuma	karstumu
dative (datīvs)	karstumam	karstumiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	karstumu	karstumiem
locative (lokatīvs)	karstumā	karstumos
vocative (vokatīvs)	karstum	karstumi

Synonyms

• (heat): siltums
• (fever): drudzis